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The Holy Boy

Original title: La valle dei sorrisi

If we could rid ourselves of all our pains, would we still be ourselves?

  • Movie
  • 2025
  • R
  • 2h 2m

Directed by Paolo Strippoli

6.7

TMDB audience rating
6.7 out of 10 from 175 votes

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Overview

A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.

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Play trailer: The Holy Boy | Official Trailer | Shudder

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Cast and crew

  • Michele Riondino

    Michele RiondinoSergio Rossetti

  • Giulio Feltri

    Giulio FeltriMatteo Corbin

  • Paolo Pierobon

    Paolo PierobonMauro Corbin

  • Romana Maggiora Vergano

    Romana Maggiora VerganoMichela

  • Roberto Citran

    Roberto CitranDon Attilio

  • Sergio Romano

    Sergio RomanoPichler

  • Anna Bellato

    Anna BellatoAnna

  • Sandra Toffolatti

    Sandra ToffolattiElisabetta Gengo

  • Gabriele BenedettiFranco

  • Diego Nardini

    Diego NardiniLorenzo Berni

  • Alex RadeticCoso

  • Tatiana Lepore

    Tatiana LeporeSignora Berni

  • Andrea Di Maria

    Andrea Di MariaPadre

  • Valentina EliaMadre

  • Ferruccio MacorSimone

  • Vincenzo Tosetto

    Vincenzo TosettoVittorio

  • Riccardo MicheluttiGiacomo

  • Emma DugoNichi

Director
Paolo Strippoli
Writer
Paolo Strippoli, Jacopo del Giudice and Milo Tissone
Music
Federico Bisozzi and Davide Tomat
Cinematography
Cristiano Di Nicola